Golden Isles, Georgia

Golden Isles Marina where WM and crew are resting awhile after more than 12 months of continual sailing. The local bird population has the same idea!


The extensive Marsh Grass and 8 ft tides mean the marina floating docks are set well away from the main buildings and facilities.


Not sure the Coast Guard could catch this one? 1100HP seems a little over the top!


One of the many shrimp boats drying their nets.


The Georgia rivers and estuaries are rich in shrimp but like trawling everywhere, lots of waste and collateral damage.


Part of the Intra Coastal Waterway(ICW) near Brunswick.


The spectacular bridge crossing the main channel into the Port of Brunswick.


Typical street on St Simon’s Island, one of the many barrier islands along the coast.


Our folding bikes are once again in action after nearly 12 months stowed in an aft locker.


St Simon’s has a rural ambience and yet many of the facilities you would expect in a larger town, and only a 20 minute bike ride from the marina.


Live Oak trees are a feature of the next few pics providing both summer shade and secluded leafy suburbs.











Christmas comes to Georgia.


The park in St Simon’s Village at the mouth of the Brunswick Estuary.


The lighthouse at St Simon’s.


Extensive beach and dune country extend along the outside of the Barrier Islands.


Spanish Moss is prolific throughout the coastal regions of the SE United States.


Eventually this parasitic moss will kill its host.


Even this majestic tree on Jekyll Island is not immune.


The moss even creates an Xmas decorating opportunity!


A lone Egret searches for food.

Charleston, South Carolina

Our travels south from New York have taken us along the New Jersey coast to Cape May and then northward into the Delaware. After passing through the Delaware-Chesapeake canal we headed south to Annapolis and then on to Norfolk at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay. Up to this point we were able to day sail, covering anywhere from about 30-50 miles depending on tides and wind and a lot of help from our trusty Perkins engine.
South of Norfolk we could not use the Intra Coastal Waterway because of 65ft bridge heights and our 70ft mast. This meant we had to passage offshore and as there are very few safe and well marked inlets along the entire coastline around Cape Hatteras and south to the Florida border we had to do three long overnights ie Norfolk,VA to Beaufort,NC (200nm+), Beaufort,NC to Charleston,SC (200nm+) and finally Charleston,SC to Brunswick, GA (120nm). These are shown on the above map.



The redeveloped waterfront along the Cooper River in Charleston. The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown can be seen in the background permanently berthed at the Naval and Maritime Museum.


Many of S Carolina’s Plantation Owners built city homes along Charleston’s seaward facing shoreline to catch the cooling summer sea breezes.


Most homes built in the prosperous times prior to the Civil War exhibit a typical architectural style.


Yes , this really is one home and not 3 apartments.


Extensive balconies usually faced south.


Examples of an even grander style are to be found on Battery Street.


Literally hundreds of these majestic homes cluster around this part of the city, all beautifully maintained.


The Battery at the end of the Charleston peninsula, now a series of gardens, housed the guns that protected the city during the War of 1812.


White Point Gardens at the site of the old Battery provides a photo op for a young girl dressed in period costume as a ‘Southern Belle”.


A waterfront park. Part of the redevelopment project.


The city is also renowned for its many and varied church spires and steeples.


The entire coastal fringe between Cape Hatteras and southern Georgia consists mainly of marshes, rich in wildlife and dissected by a myriad of interconnected tidal waterways. The Egret is a common inhabitant.


Sweet Grass basket making is a local craft commonly on display at the City Market.


Traveler’s Rest. A neat way to chill out on one of the City’s piers.

Norfolk, Virginia

Evening twilight in Norfolk VA. home of the largest Naval Base in the world and a city proud of its arts and culture.


The mermaid has been adopted as a city icon and is portrayed in many forms by the city’s artists.


Even a Chinese mermaid.


The Chrysler Museum houses the second largest Glass Collection in the US. This Tiffany piece being a fine example of the quality of the exhibits.


The Naval Museum’s star attraction is the Ohio Class Battleship Wisconsin.


The Wisconsin was able to travel at close to 40knots!!!!!!!!





These are only the for’ard guns!! Also amazingly the decks are entirely made teak.


Looking forward from the massive windlasses.


Sailing up the main channel into Norfolk takes you as close as you are legally allowed to approach a US warship without being shot at.


We sailors are a strange breed!!!!!